The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

September 1998

Back By Popular Demand!

VFE DevCon!

from Fl Technologies

ThaVs right, it’s happening again. Fl Technologies is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the 4th almost annual Visual FoxExpress Developers Conference from November 8th-I Ith at Treasure Island in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year we’ve really out done ourselves and expect this DevCon to be the best FE DevCon to date! Our list of speakers includes Visual FoxPro and Visual FoxExpress experts Steven Black of Steven Black Consulting, Randy Brown of Microsoft, Jim Duffy of TakeNote Computing, Markus Egger of EPS Software, our own Mike Feltman and Toni Feltman, Doug Hennig of Stonefield Systems Group, Ken Levy of ClassX - subcontractor for Microsoft, Randy McAtee, John Petersen of Integrated Database Technologies, and Jeff Kuehn and Elif Kurklu from DesignMind.

For those of you still working in FoxPro 2.6 with FoxExpress you’ll be pleased to know that on Sunday, November 8th, we will be offering a special pre-conference seminar entitled “Migrating FoxExpress 2.x Applications to Visual FoxExpress.” This special pre-conference seminar is included at no charge with conference registration, however, you must pre-registerto attend.

We are also pleased to announce.that EPS Software will be conducting a one-day seminar on usinq its new product, Visual Web Builder, on Sunday, November 8th. Further details on this event will be posted as soon as they are available.

The conference will focus on Visual FoxExpress 98, key Visual

FoxPro topics in helping you understand Visual FoxExpress 98

and the integration of other popular Visual FoxPro products with

Visual FoxExpress 98.

Exhibitors in this year’s tradeshow include Fl Technologies, Stonefield Systems, TakeNote Computing, ClassX and EPS Software.

Who Should Attend?

Anyone using Visual FoxExpress to develop applications should seriously consider attending VFE DevCon. VFE DevCon is the only opportunity for you to receive training from the authors of Visual FoxExpress as well as noted Visual FoxPro and Visual FoxExpress experts all under one roof. We’ve also placed a lot of emphasis on topics that will help you understand the design of VFE and how to leverage VFE components in other applications. These topics will most likely not be presented anywhere else! Because the conference will coincide closely with the release of Visual FoxExpress 98 it will also be the best opportunity for you to learn all about the new features in Visual FoxExpress 98.

Are You New to VFP?

We’re pleased to announce that we have made special arrangements with Jim Duffy of Takenote computing, one of the most respected Visual FoxPro instructors around, to hold a special one day “Introduction to Visual FoxPro” course at Treasure Island on Saturday, November 7th. This course is designed to give you a jump start on Visual FoxPro so you won’t be totally clueless for the rest of the conference! The Introduction to Visual FoxPro couse will focus on those Visual FoxPro topics that are most key to understanding object-orientation and the new features in Visual FoxPro. The cost to attend this special seminar is just $299 if you also register for VFE DevCon. If you’d like to just attend the one day course the cost is $399. Tune in here in a few weeks for a complete outline of the course.

Registration and Costs

To register for Visual FoxExpress DevCon 98, contact Fl Technologies today at (419)255-6366, e-mail info@fltech.com. The cost of the conference, is just $599 US. If you register before September 1st, you’ll receive a $100 discount on the registration price. If you register before September 31st, you’ll receive a $50 discount on the registration price. Payment must be received with your registration in order to receive a discount. If multiple people from your organization register for the conference you may deduct an additional $50 from each registration after the 1st registration.

Speakers

FoxPro Q&A (Con’t fmm page 9)

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